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both series are premised on potus' being incredibly capable individuals with notable leadership ...
An 89 year old billionaire proposing to a 21 year old partner without prenup agreement... now if ...
Those belgians and swiss...cultivating sugarcane and cocoa beans in their tropical forests to get...
Are you a black african with fondness for belgian love partners covered in chocolate? ;)
The head of the gibraltar monkey party has informed pm theresa may and president rajoy of their c...
Suggestions of Codenames for the covert military japanese nuclear program? I vote for Program "fu...
Yup. Just like in Hong Kong
i suspect japan already has nuclear capability...and has let n korea and china in the secret just...
If you call building power stations that break down after 2 years or paying 50 million dollars in...
Thanks. things have been busy! your comment sort of implief we were feeding the radical islamist...
in my experience, china is heavily involved in Africa for two reasons: 1) secure a diversified s...
i was referring to countries whose economies are subject to a high degree of central planning - o...
having been lucky to fly long haul business class on both 747 and A380s i can without a shadow of...
oh we wouldnt want to offend the radical islamists lest they start driving lorries over innocent ...
disagree in full: women fought for their right to go topless...muslim men imposed burqa et al on...
I'm sure we could draw a direct corrolation between degree of planning and resource dependency
There's a lot of nuances in what you say...In my experience there is such a thing as bad and good...
the real curse is the degree to which governmental bodies have a hold on the resources. no one wo...
better to watch? debatable. better in quality or competitiveness? clearly not!
and the tally for 2016 stands at Spain 8 - England 1 (Europa League) & Spain 6 - EPL 3 (Champions...
What items exposed in my argument don't constitute a lie and what specific lies were produced by ...
Yeah, we don't really give points for finals as Sevilla (incidentally also 7th in the Spanish Lig...
LMOE is a strange kind of comedy... which is probably y i like in the first place. The void is in...
Shout out to Narcos, The Void, Fresh off the Boat and Last Man on Earth
well talk about an accurate prediction!!
"it's the economy, stupid!"
No more exciting team than Napoli under Maradona!
not to mention mustang single handedly reverted the fortunes at ford at the hands of genius busin...
1971 Ford Mustang from Gone in 60 Seconds (the original version) as well as the 1968 Mustang GT i...
chartered public schools
my wife works for Nike so no possible debate :)
No energy source is 'clean'. Risks from reactor accidents are estimated through a "probabilistic ...
with this year, the tally in the Europa League is Spain 7 - England 1, and Champions League 5 - 3...
First, the 'science' of enology is a big massive lie. Blind tasting competitions that pitch New W...
beaujolais is the biggest scam on earth. i remember drinking 10 francs bottles as a laugh during ...
blind tasting competitions like the infamous Judgement of Paris show that the apparent superiorit...
parents should be able to choose to have their children taught "confessional" religion in the pri...
billions of lifes have also been saved by the products churned out by pharma companies.
how dare pharma cos expect a return on their billions of investment on r&d and product developmen...
in the words of Big Bank Hank: "i said he's a fairy i do suppose, flying through the air in panty...
i agree with a principle implied in Judith's posting: freedom to choose and the evidence of faili...
thanks for providing an insight into your frame of mind...now it's clear all reasonable attempts ...
I'm not going to comment on the first part of your tirade...i do hope you're kindly referred to t...
Dovidw. Reading ypur comment makes me wonder if you missed your lessons on good manners?
it'd be interesting to hear what authoritarian country those individuals would like to move to......
maybe you don't grasp the finer points of debating decorum so i may i suggest you look into your...
the Polish Lithuanian, commonwealth, venice, macedon...plenty examples of elective monarchies
i just went through the comments on this thread...lots of criticism and cynicism about democracy,...
institutionalisation? schools aren't all like the one in pink floyd's 'the wall'. I'm glad homesc...
a competitive voucher system as part of a charter school system is the ideal compromise
actuslly schools teach; it's families that (used to) educate! The pretention that a parent can ou...
surely the ussr was founded on such lofty principles...so while i may agree with the outcome in ...
i think we need to go back to basics: a democracy with clear boundaries on the extent of power de...
on the basis of taste, i prefer meat but it's a personal choice. yes fish protein is generally he...
sartre is the best example of "useful idiot" going stating that the "right of critique was compl...
its very simple: you don't like, you don't buy
while i still feel a tinge awkward when i see a couple where there's a large difference, it's ess...
i should ask my wife before i answer this question!
you're misrepresenting what i said...in a more normal world where i am not forced into a state pe...
We should have more options to do as we please ie retire when we want, work part time etc this ar...
i agree with less taxes for everyone as this can boost household investment in private pensions, ...
Simply put, no society can afford to have a majority of its constituency as net consumers. Also, ...
will you pay for the pensions when 60% of the population is retired, 20% is made up of dependants...
And who do you suggest they give up back to, the Guanche aborigines?
in order to impose YOUR view of equality, you're essentially disregarding the choices that indivi...
Why do we have to artificially boost numbers by imposing requirements to ' equalise'? are women n...
Why stop with gender? Let's introduce quotas for race, age, religion, height, lactose intolerant ...
Not in such words but the undertone (for internal consumption of the disenchanted Greek public + ...
yes varoufakis, that mountain of a man who calls his lenders of last resort nazis and then is sur...
....not to mention the "pressure" of providing a service that people need, being incentivised to ...
there was a time when postal services were a state monopoly and no one thought there was any alte...
Many moons ago, for my undergraduate thesis, i interviewed 4 public IT procurement officers in a ...
"let's hope there's intelligent life out there because there's bugger all down here on earth"
the hitchhikers guide to the galaxy says the answer is 42!
for full disclosure, im not a parent. Having said this, i dont see why a 6 year old shouldn't hel...
at least you can vote your clowns out...not sure how boris nemtsov or the tens of journalists tha...
I agree Russia (like any country) should use its resources to gain leverage. Pretending otherwise...
Do you realise that only thing that maintains Greece is the EU-financed emergency liquidity assis...
you should really check your sources. extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof.
skepdic.com/blaylock.html
just in case, don't mention this is East Germany, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Latvia, Lithuania, Es...
all is fair in love and war. putin understands this...Too bad most in the West think we live in a...
Since its ascension to the eu, Greece has received 105 billion over what it has contributed...tha...
pray tell how greece is not fully responsible for its current level of debt and how other evil fo...
jeffrey daniel taught MJ the moonwalk which in turn was invented by cab calloway in the 1930's. ...
7 emmys from 30 nominations, 100 million record sales worldwide, writes, composes, produces his ...
some people have genetic predisposition towards obesity or violence. It does not mean they are pr...
Steve pinker's "the blank slate" is a great reference book on the importance of evolutionary adap...
Clippers have only won 2 Division titles - is this equivalent to a soccer pre-season summer tourn...
the difference being that atlético has won a few cups
Poppycock. The best type of population control is economic growth. The only developed nations wit...
have a read: http://www.dieterhelm.co.uk/sites/default/files/What%20should%20oil%20companies%20do...
The issue was settled in 1960 when Germany paid its final war reparations with the explicit provi...
There's no accounting for taste (ie. exciting is a highly subjective term; someone might succesf...
guess the question would have been easier if the comparison was between justin bieber and verdi o...
what, netivist not a dating site??? i want all those hours spent posting sexy comments back!!!! ;)
did the manufacturers of horse carts kick off the development of the automobile? did candle make...
If a sector requires massive and regular injections of public funds to survive and there's no end...
i think your use of the term 'universality' is incorrect . shakespeare is mainly a product of the...
is cannabis (or paint thinner for that matter) harmful? no doubt! does the government or other ci...
another question is whether child labour is tolerable in certain circumstances or even possible t...
All fugly...one of those rare upsides associated with events that would wipe off the human race (...
countries providing (technical) support? Yes sure, if managed appropriately. depending on tge sec...
What is exactly required to be a talented model besides being born with a particular face or bone...
You realise these girls and boys get paid to 'model' clothes designed by someone else? I doubt a...
it might have something to do with the almost 40 billion euros tariff deficit and the surreal sub...
its difficult for a fish to explain to a lizard how an eagle lifts off
If think the mini and volkswagen have aged better. The 500 is nicer than the 600. And sorry for a...
nope...purely and simply, besides coal, there is currently no substitute to oil and gas in terms ...
I love how the moderator meta tagged this debate as "science fiction"....shows a great sense of h...
it took a decade for the share of global energy production from renewables to go from 0.8 to 2.7%...
and because the truth is in the proverbial pudding, Google: "Debt and (not much) Delevering" by t...
I really couldn't tell you why you're not surprised. The fact of the matter remains that expendit...
Yes, I also heard the evil nuclear lobby keeps the development of the water engine down
the question is not WHAT or IF but also WHEN; energy transitions (from biomass to coal, oil & gas...
populist politicians in ancient athens used ostracism to get rid of their opponents.... In the en...
The sane argument was used by those who wanted to keep the volstead act ie. prohibition. a, as it...
heard of quantitative easing, deficit spending, budgetary deficits? I think keynes is alive and d...
friedman wouldn't have agreed that economic recessions were caused by the finance sector. He puts...
The winners will be the george r martin estate and the good folk at HBO
The series will end in an abrupt fade to black to the sound "Made in Westeros"
They're both awesome in their own way. One of the rare advantages of living in the Netherlands is...
The uniform debate has clearly been surpassed. I suggest one of the role of schools which is cle...
Don't want to sound insensitive. i sympathise with families who have to make choices. My parents ...
It's indeed a subtle form of leveling the playing field. Also, (good) schools provide you with no...
...Which is why a negative tax income comes in handy
soft porn twilight fan fiction... You couldn't make this crap out!
If you're meant to hate each other then best you find about it early on. I don't know how you ca...
if you define 'better' as being "most competitive" then the evidence is stacked against you: EPL...
The departed should have been a contener for that years razzie awards, in the category of "worst ...
I think the framing question of the question is a bit confusing (to me). It's normal for humans t...
Anyone read gomorrah by savaiano? interesting perspective on the influence of napolitan camorra o...
If you eat zucchini flowers does it count as a vegetable?
It's all about a novel concept known as 'national soveigrinty'...which is not saying other countr...
Yes, in fact there's two such sections especially designed for noisy kids with enabling parents ...
lotr was an amazing feat which was well deserving of all the osars and critical acclaim it receiv...
if a product / service is important for some people, then they will be willing to pay for it. int...
I wouldn't recommend throwing yourself off a cliff wearing da vincis 'bird harnass'. We have a re...
i agre that Owens 'the man-the myth' is more impressive than anything that modern athletics could...
What exactly does it mean to be the world's fashion capital?
eeeh, don't think so! I suspect neither you nor I are biologists but I believe I was paying more ...
I have a good nose for picking scents and I can never remember my wife's cup size. The option is ...
I would certainly not endorse prostitution as a valid career choice. However, there's a killer ar...
between 80 and 170 million deaths in the 20th century committed by inspired marxists and we're st...
Instead of taking the moral high ground and deciding outright what my rights are, why don't you ...
prostitution is -or at least should be- a 'simple' economic transaction between two willing parti...
two words: herd immunity. This is the only thing that protects vulnerable groups of people who ca...
i recommend reading Guns, Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond (if you haven't already)...it's got a ...
Eeeeh, i think you need to review your high school biology notes. Canis domesticus is a subspecie...
Highly subjective topic. I bloody hate Mondriaan (straight lines and coloured boxes, really???) ...
What is clear to me is that governments are not necessarily acting against e cigarettes because o...
Right or wrong, your premise of renewable-focused productive system is not opposed to the tenant ...
I would be very interested in understanding what your definition of 'efficiency' is and what exam...
the ONLY reason why 800 million people were no longer poor in the last decade of the twentieth ce...
Why do we assume policy makers are particularly effective at tackling poverty?hundreds of million...
By way of refresher, it was Israeli troops that pulled out of the Sinai, South Lebanon and Gaza, ...
First and foremost, i do enjoy our sparring matches, so the whole ''Comrade' is but a sign of res...
'Comrade' BG Canada, i think your view of Michelangelo is 'très' 'historical materialism if you a...
Nope, no such grey area in my view. i fully agree with the principle of copyright and penalising ...
I am afraid you lose there: cross-species horizontal gene transfer is a naturally-occurring pheno...
Memento, only second to Angel Heart
the day mathematicians are able to copyright their equations (i.e. the raw material of the ubiqui...
oh, no!! much like the Spice Girls, they will remain BFFs, Androgynous Power!
You suggested both sides have to be ready for peace. I agree but pointed out that the world has y...
When one side is doing all the concessions (sinai return, gaza, Southern lebanon) and the other ...
hate them. gives me a headache everytime. Real 3D (hologram-like) might be an interesting option ...
My favourite Direction is Upwards, closely followed by Backwards; Sideways is trying for a solo c...
i am showing the topic is not as straightforward as it's been represented
In Switzerland and Israel tons of people have government issued firearms at home.
Too bad 63% of the world's power generation and virtually all mass transport are hydrocarbon base...
Free healthcare is never free. There is no instance in which a government has run a health care p...
Japanese companies 'convinced' global consumers by developing better products at lower prices. No...
Where do you think the electricity that powers you rant about fossil fuels comes from?
Where do you get the notion that healthcare is a right?
It's actually a simple discussion: can the usa afford the 'affordable' care act or not and has it...
If there's a proper reason for getting humans on Mars (a trillion dollars needs justifying) then ...
As the taliban and yihadists the world over have demonstrated, Toyota pick up trucks are the most...
My grandfather was an immigrant (left age 14), my father was an immigrant (left age 33) and my br...
Europe has never been or acts as a country This is not the result of lack of power held in brusse...
So all life is not equally important...Why is it somewhat intelligence has a premium? Well i gues...
It's not a question of nationality, especially given that the main ingredients are not local! I...
Why whales and not pigs, chicken, peaa in a pod?
How do you figure those who earn more pay less of their income in proportion? The tax rate is cl...
Well said...it's what you could call the ice bucket challenge syndrome!
There are multiple problems with celebrities endorsing causes and here's a few to consider: what...
if someone believes cocker is overrated, i wonder how they feel about 99% of commercially succes...
When decisions are made by a majority that place their interests above those of a minority then, ...
Because there are dire consequences to inviting a failed state (controlled by russia) to join wha...
People like bono and geldof know as much about the plight of Africa and viable solutions to this ...
Why does EU win by inviting the Ukraine to join? I know we don't gain much but certainly inherit ...
in fact, he refounded constantinople on the already-existing byzantium...which had been there for...
welfare does not extinction make
Let's just start by saying that to me, human suffering resonates orders of magnitude more than an...
It's simply a matter of choice for individual families. I personally don't care much for it.
And Jackson is crying all the way to the bank! ;)
Obama wanted to earn his place in history after having monumentally botched up Iraq, Iran, Syria,...
It's not up to you to decide 'democratically' decide what certain groups do with their disposable...
Progressive tax rates are predatory in nature, unjustly punishing success and largely inefficient...
You can combine a flat tax rate with a negative tax income credit. Certainly much fairer FOR ALL ...
Clearly a question of taste. In my view the guy made a couple of good movies back in the 80s ("wo...
The other 'funny tax' is the inheritance tax: let's assume you work your whole life and accumulat...
The funniest justification I hear about these sort of policies is that the 'wealthy should pay mo...
The difference with your Germany example is that unlike most of the EU member states, Germany ha...
Why do we feel worse about dolphins than we do about cows? Do westerners place more value in one...
James gandolfini's pinkie finger had more acting talent than the entire cast of the Wire put toge...
Don't think so. you have to consider that the most successful games have a production and marketi...
Genetic modification has been happening 10k years before watson hypothised about the dna double h...
say it with break up sex of the highest order!
This just shows the moral superiority of a liberal democracy, where transparency and accountabili...
Wed have to define what we mean by "best". If operational efficiency, then probably impossible to...
george lazenby represents the lowest 142 minutes in Bond history. By comparison, good old Rog was...
if we start comparing government-sponsored repression with exceptional measures to protect agains...
Again, you are misrepresenting the data to suit what looks like a preconceived notion. Unfortunat...
Yes. Stop firing rockets, Israel stops sending apache helicopters.
Back in the real world, intelligence, sometimes obtained through grey and pitch black methods sa...
Surely sex is involved in the making of the baby ;)
Family guy is a potty mouthed version of the simpsons... plus what's with the "lois, its like tha...
A drinking, cigar smoking, inmoral robot?? Where do i sign up for bender? !
Bach is a cream millefeuille, mozart an After Eight ice cream while beethoven is a crepe flambée....
Myself and BG Canada have explained a few times why you're drawing the wrong conclusion from the ...
To put it in even simpler terms: while i see how homebirth can be rewarding experience for some (...
You're confusing the causality relationship. That my friend just means those women would have bee...
And consequently the netherlands, an otherwise rich and modern country has one of the highest na...
It's supported because a bunch of celebrities with no knowledge of medicine have been allowed to ...
The sad irony is that supporters of home birth don't even know the risk they are taking. ..Caroli...
Homebirth: the triumph of 'convenience' and 'naturalist' considerations over the severly increase...
Depends. ..as any sellf respecting dinosaur would tell you, a city-sized asteroid collision coul...
Those who have read the original James bond books might be more inclined to associate the cruel, ...
Tillerson is not opposing the fracking project but the site selection of the company that supplie...
The problem with newspapers is that their newsdesk and reporte staff are generally not from a sc...
Can I double like your comment?
Not an issue for me but maybe an issue with users who reload their pages. In a couple of instance...
Not an issue for me but maybe an issue with users who reload their pages. In a couple of instance...
Read my earlier comment about the history of fracking. Not at all new. Also plenty studies on the...
Not trying to sound condescending - do you realise that your ability to type your in a networked ...
And what share of the 87% of world energy currently provided by hydrocarbons and nuclear do you s...
Yes I am aware of the ridiculous propaganda, similar to the Jews sacrificing muslin and Christian...
In spite of the current 'imbalance' hamas and the plo have no qualms about aiming their rockets a...
It's very simple...The independence of catalonia would affect the rest of Spain ergo the entire c...
Does the millennial generation even know what mod (or rock for that matter) is?
Of course theres no accounting for taste but as far as pop culture impact - recognition ', mario...
The offer was made by the us mediators and ratified by Israel.
The problem with the palestinian side of the story (which i am familiar-ish) and the media attent...
97% of West Bank, a chunk of pre1967 Israel, 30 billion dollar reconstruction fund, connection to...
Drones are used by a number of countries in a number of operating theatres INCLUDING some that ar...
Diplomacy is of course vital but not always sufficient to defend one's interests. I for one am ha...
The uprooting of arabs was - is as tragic as that of sephardite forced immigration from Arab coun...
Well, it's been tried for 60 years (not to mention the pre 1947 violence. .. so the answer is "mo...
Meant to include PLO as well
I am not implying you were providing an apologist argument but rather than these are commonly use...
As opposed to conventional carpet bombing or military deployment?
Yet it always has and continues to do.
I only know that if I started sleeping around my wife would kill me. I guess you could say im mon...
The one thing pan arabists and extremists in Islam, far left and right have in common is that the...
Because cats and dogs and Guinea pigs have been domesticated for thousands of years, to the poin...
Wow... The per minute outflow of verbal diarrhea this guy can deliver is of legendary proportions...
Nonsense. "Political" Islam exists because and as result of financial backing and logistical supp...
Having said all of that, Jordan is the best!
Difficult to tell. Definitely better than schumi or federer (in terms of dominance), Phelps (long...
Yes, if we allow the private sector to take over from ankylosed state institutions like NASA.
this is a bit like saying 'i strongly disagree with the use of slingers during the Punic Wars'. A...
and just what country had applied an ' ultra liberal' ideology?
I think we can't stress enough the point that he's the premier ENGLISH-LANGUAGE writer. Those who...
is that is such a good business then surely a private company can do it without the upfront disbu...
its actually quite simple. If a single penny comes out of public funds then it needs to be canned...
well im glad we got to a level of como understanding....next time, I'll get you to step into my s...
i agree. made a point below on the harmonisation of IP categories and lenght of protection granted
Yes of course there would be a regulatory framework as that guiding the sale of a 'controlled' su...
Shouldn't matter if they stuck to their basic purpose of upholding the constitution, not politic...
what do you consider reasonable and who decides for it? using the same logic we shouldn't allow p...
directors should make the movies they want. If you like them you go and watch them. If not you d...
depends. .if we have a true trade agreement with no interference from meddling politicians and cr...
little enthusiasm for innovation? If you copywrite it in the first place its because you (or a c...
At the very least these should be harmonised... Why movies or music ie the entertainment industry...
If I had to choose between eating wet or dry cow dung I would choose the former. For the same rea...
yes. however it will be renamed as deutsche mark
New Zealand has steamrolled through the championship (southernern emispheres version of the 6 nat...
Yet another sign of political correctness gone mad?
agree to disagree but still, not better than either RB or TD.
theres a bit of a myth about the one sidedness of Spanish football which some argue makes it wors...
These days even Leicester is a better team than Man Utd!
If we're going to use analogues. I would rather think of the government as the dumb but powerful ...
I would love for the modern, secular, progressive part of Turkey to join the EU. Unfortunately th...
simply put, no limits but full responsibility. if you drink and do something stupid, you pay the...
both talentless hags. Sign of an age where musical ability is secondary to image and shock value
I played club basketball through my early childhood until I was 18 which coincided with the end o...
for my money raging bull is a better movie than taxi driver. the departed is a remake of a remak...
Maybe if governments weren't so keen on spending sprees and tax hikes (budget deficits to keep so...
grunge?? I think I would be more excited to debate the great 1970s electro-polka rift of east war...
Another wonderful "easter egg" functionality masterminded, in his infinite wisdom and vision, by ...
"He typed in his samsung s3 4g"
resounding comercial success as 6 has thus far outsold 5 by some margin. The technical superiorit...
This supposes that plastic bags are the only issue when in fact it's the wider aspect of packagin...
I suspect it's been around for a while. I lived in NY for a little bit in 2001 -2002 and there wa...
Will you be more inclined to shoot heroin if it were legal? No because I would hope you are an ed...
burden of proof, point me out to one service that people value that would be better served by a p...
there are a million ways to provide medical coverage to those in need who cannot genuinely afford...
It's private investment and competition (incentivized by profit) that have made our lifestyles af...
It's not really the system but the gatekeepers, the strength of checks and balances and the amoun...
You hit the nail in the head when you mention the urban legends. fortunately there's an increasin...
Until we can come up with an alternative governance system, countries, borders and legislations g...
Why does it matter? We don't drink wine for health reasons (unless you're addicted to california...
Would have said sopranos but in their case and (as far as I can tell) Lost, this was deliberate. ...
its worth what people are willing to pay for it. The question is whether the benefit is clear. a ...
Flammable tap water is an occurrence that is completely unrelated to fracking. When it hasn't bee...
perhaps. But the service doesnt need to be delivered by civil servants.
i think you misunderstood my point. it is dangerous and has proven to be so. but regardless of th...
who says it's not dangerous? i said it did and so did the studies
While it might be desirable to have the government set a framwekork in certain critical areas (he...
i wouldnt bet the house on national currencies disappearing next week. However the idea of a curr...
of course there's no accounting for taste. talking for myself i would sat that, if a person is al...
Largely agree with you with one caveat....efficiencies will only get you so far. Pretty soon just...
Mac has definite appeal among its Legion of Fan Boys (bearded hipsters of both genders, graphic ...
roberto Eoroei is a bit like peak oil, an interesting but largely irrelevant argument. For start...
the myth linking flaming faucets and hydraulic fracturing has been debunked several times. it d...
Hydraulic fracturing has been used for over 60 years so it's hardly a mysterious development that...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2424288/ http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/art...
If its such an interesting programme then why would students and universities not pay for the ben...
Also the real rivalry is with bruins! Now those are a lot worth clobbering! ;)
Habs Go!
when you consider the amount of lies and half truths spewed by the yes campaign about the econom...
when you consider the amount of lies and half truths spewed by the yes campaign about the econom...
No one who has read a peer reviewed medical article on the effect of long term marihuana abuse wo...
Ducasse...not the former waiter
Humans have been genetically modifying plants and animals on an industrial level since the Fertil...
Government has no right to say what adults can or cannot do in the privacy of their homes as long...
That's right. Let's spend more money we don't have, dilapidate future generations under mountains...
How about cincinnatus, Justinian, Trajan, flavius aetius, bellisarius etc. Let's just say the Rom...
same goes in Italy or france. a gascon food has nothing to do with alsatian or britanny. tuscany,...
i hold a libertarian view on this. civil marriage is a union of two willing parties ergo the stat...
on the other hand we shouldn't incentivise immigration for immigration's sake . Watch bbc's Dont ...
Simply put, no Tolkien no genre. And Tolkien for the win!
Simply put, no Tolkien no genre. And Tolkien for the win!
JT's dance in pulp fiction is cr@p and it's only funny because of the insider joke of having an a...
i have read every foundation and dune book there is including prequels, sequels and tributes (bri...
There's an element of truth in what you say. governments are however INCAPABLE of generating weal...
tolkien invented more than 20...yes, that's 20 original languages and dialects for his Middle Ear...
i give it to London as it's more of a melting pot, not really an English city but a mix of elemen...
for those who read Spanish: http://loepedia.es/?p=1285#comments
homoeopathy (note the voluntary omission of 'medicine') is as effective as voodoo magic or bangin...
i love Japanese cuisine and I am always fascinated by the amount of dedication, passion, techniqu...
keynes has been VASTLY more influential. if you have any doubt about this, just take a look at th...
No (positive) change is possible while western (+Japan) governments spend as % GDP and public deb...
I am more on milton friedman's side of applying negative income tax i.e. replace all welfare prog...
I think we can't stress enough the point that he's the premier ENGLISH-LANGUAGE writer. Those who...
prostitution is -or at least should be- a 'simple' economic transaction between two willing parti...
i wouldnt bet the house on national currencies disappearing next week. However the idea of a curr...
homoeopathy (note the voluntary omission of 'medicine') is as effective as voodoo magic or bangin...
Bach is a cream millefeuille, mozart an After Eight ice cream while beethoven is a crepe flambée....